Everyone everywhere depends increasingly on long-distance food.
Since 1961 the tonnage of food shipped between nations has grown
fourfold. In the United States, food typically travels between
1,500 and 2,500 miles from farm to plate as much as 25 percent
farther than in 1980. For some, the long-distance food system
offers unparalleled choice. But it often runs roughshod over local
cuisines, varieties, and agriculture, while consuming staggering
amounts of fuel, generating greenhouse gases, eroding the pleasures
of face-to-face interactions, and compromising food security.
Fortunately, the long-distance food habit is beginning to weaken
under the influence of a young, but surging, local-foods movement.
From peanut-butter makers in Zimbabwe to pork producers in Germany
and rooftop gardeners in Vancouver, entrepreneurial farmers,
start-up food businesses, restaurants, supermarkets, and concerned
consumers are propelling a revolution that can help restore rural
areas, enrich poor nations, and return fresh, delicious, and
wholesome food to cities."
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